Air-sea dimethylsulfide (DMS) gas transfer in the North Atlantic: Evidence for limited interfacial gas exchange at high wind speed

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 11073-11087

  Bell, T G ^a,f   De Bruyn, W ^b   Miller, S D ^c   Ward, B ^d   Christensen, K ^e   Saltzman, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^f PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; EDDY COVARIANCE; GAS EXCHANGE; SEA STATE; SEAWATER; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84887832538     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-11073-2013     Document Type: Article

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